Bridle-bit



(No Model.)

0. BAKER.

BRIDLE BIT. No. 325,232. Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

TViiizam e0 Jnz/erfior MA W Uuirnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BAKER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BRIDLE-BIT.

QBPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,232, dated September 1, 1885.

Application filed June 16, (No model.)

To (0Z6 whom it may cones/"12,;

Be it known that 1, CHARLES BAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain Improvements in Bridle-Bits, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in bits for horses, and the objectI have in view is to provide a bit by which any horse may be held and controlled.

My invention consists,generally,in the construction and combination of devices hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bridle-bit embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same without the curb-chain.

In the drawings, A represents the center piece of the bit. It is of the bent or angular shape shown.

B B are curved jaw-clamps that are joined to the part A by the joints a (1, upon which they are adapted to turn, as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 2.

O G are standards projecting horizontally from the clamps B13, and having at their outer ends the rings D, which are adapted to receive the reins of the bridle. The clamps B B are also preferably provided with the rings H H, which are adapted to receive a strap passing under the lower jaw of the animal to hold the bit in place. The clamps B from the base of standards 0 to the joints a will beiinsidethe horse s mouth when the bit is in position, while the other parts oi'the clamps will project therefrom. The bit is also preferably provided with the cheek-pieces E, having hooks F, to which the curb-chain G is attached, and having rings I, to which the curbreins are secured. By this construction the bit is adapted for use in a double-rein bridle. The standards C bring the rings D to a considerable distance from the clamps, so that when any strain is exerted upon these rings considerable pressure is brought to bear on the lowerjaw of the animal by the clamps B, while at the same time the tongue-piece A is made to press with a great deal of force on the animals tongue. As the clamps B are curved, and thereby adapted to fit closely around the lower jaw, the standards C make it possible to clamp the jaw and tongue with a great deal of force.

\Vhen the cheelepieces and curb are omitted, the bit will still operate the same as re spects the clamps and tongue-piece.

I claim as my i1weution 1. A bridlebit having a center piece, curved jaw'clamps B, jointed thereto, standards 0, and rings D, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. A bridle-bit having the touguepicce A, curved clamps 13, joints (4, standards C, and rings D, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination, in a bridle-bit, ofthe tongue-piece A, curved clamps B, joints a, standards 0, rings D, and cheek-pieces E,having rings I and hooks F, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I. have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of May, 1885.

CHARLES BAKER.

In presence oi JAs. E. Woomronn, AMASA 0. PAUL. 

